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ROBERT BURCH ELDRIDGE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 8, 1943 – November 5, 1969
Service recordRobert Burch Eldridge, of Rock Hill, South Carolina, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 5, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 33
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 8, 1943
- Home of record
- Rock Hill, South Carolina (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1969; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 33
- FRED JOSHUA CARTERFirst Lieutenant · November 5, 1969
- PATRICK JOHN DONOVANLieutenant (junior grade) · November 5, 1969
- JOSEPH YGNACIO ECHANISMajor · November 5, 1969
- KEN ALLEN MCCARTNEYWarrant Officer 1 · November 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EUGENE RAY JENKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 34
From Rock Hill
- CARL E HARRISSergeant · November 15, 1965
- EARL WILLIAM FOSTER JRSpecialist Four · January 17, 1966
- DAVID TUCKERSpecialist Four · November 1, 1967
- LIBERT JAMES WELDON JRPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- CHARLES ELVIN MCDOWELLStaff Sergeant · February 11, 1968
- ANDREW SPRINGSPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- CHARLES LEWIS MORGANLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- JESSE LEWIS ADAMSPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- GAROLD RAY SIMMERSPrivate First Class · February 24, 1969
- VINCENT NORVELL BANKSPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.